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Nepal Just Built the World's Highest Swing — and It Launches You 228 Metres Over a Gorge

Above the Kali Gandaki river near Pokhara, a single steel platform now holds two world rankings at once: the highest swing on Earth, and the planet's…

By Laxman Rawal · Jul 20, 2026

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Step off a platform 228 metres above the Kali Gandaki river, and for six full seconds there is nothing under you but Himalayan air. That's the pitch of Nepal's newest adrenaline record: a swing, built into a gorge two hours from Pokhara, that is now…

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